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9- Respiratory (1 Hour & 55 minutes)

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   Content of this Session
    • Deep venous thrombosis
    • Pulmonary emboli
    • Chronic bronchitis (blue bloaters)
    • Emphysema (pink puffer)
    • Asthma
    • Bronchiectasis

 

 

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

52 years old female who recently had hip replacement surgery presenting with swelling, redness, warmth, pain in the calf region. Dorsiflexion of foot illicit calf pain. Doppler ultrasound shows decreased blood flow?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

46 years old female presenting with Sudden-onset dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, tachypnea. ABG shows respiratory alkalosis. ECG shows sinus tachycardia spiral CT shows is shown below?

 

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[q] ……….. has become the standard of care in terms of diagnostic testing to confirm the presence of a PE.

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[q] ……… is the answer when the pretest probability of PE is low and you need a simple, noninvasive test to exclude thromboembolic disease.

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[q] …………. are helpful in evaluating pulmonary embolism patients in whom angiography is contraindicated (contrast allergy, renal failure, pregnancy).

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[q] The development of the classic triad respiratory distress, diffuse neurological impairment (confusion), and an upper body petechial rash (due to thrombocytopenia) within days of severe long bone fractures is characteristic of the …………?

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[q] The multiple fat emboli occluding the pulmonary microvasculature of PE patient stain black with ……….?

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[q] ……….. is a rare and catastrophic pregnancy complication that results from amniotic fluid entering the maternal circulation → anaphylactoid reaction. Common signs include hypoxia, hypotensive shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Fetal squamous cells are seen in the pulmonary vasculature during histologic evaluation.

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[q] …….. are interdigitating areas of pink (platelets, fibrin) and red (RBCs) found only in thrombi formed before death; help distinguish pre- and postmortem thrombi.

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[q] ……….. is a chronic productive cough lasting ≥ 3 months (not necessarily consecutive) per year for > 2 consecutive years.

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[q] The leading cause of chronic bronchitis is cigarette ……..?

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[q] The major contributor to chronic bronchitis wall thickening is hypertrophy and hyperplasia of submucosal mucous gland, which can be quantified by ………?

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[q] Centriacinar emphysema is most severe in the (upper or lower) lobes, but panacinar emphysema is most severe in the (upper or lower) lobes

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

46 years old heavy smoker male presenting with dyspnea, wheezes, Productive cough with excessive mucus production, and cyanosis. DLCO is normal?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

46 years old heavy smoker male presenting with dyspnea, wheezes, and cough with minimal sputum. No cyanosis. DLCO is decreased and airspace enlargement on CT?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

28 years old nonsmoker male presenting with dyspnea, wheezes, and cough with minimal sputum. No cyanosis. DLCO is decreased and airspace enlargement on CT in the lower lobes. The patient also have unexplained liver cirrhosis. Liver Biopsy reveals pink-PAS-positive globules in hepatocytes?

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[q] Productive cough, classically with Curschmann spirals (shed epithelium forms whorled mucus plugs) is characteristic for ……?

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[q] Classic sputum findings of asthmatic patients include eosinophils and ………?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

23 years old patient with history of cystic fibrosis presenting with Cough, dyspnea, and foul-smelling sputum. Chest CT shows misshapen dilated bronchi?

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